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ill effects

ill effects is the plural of ill effect.

Meaning of ill effect

Noun

ill effect (plural ill effects)

  1. (often, plural) A detrimental or harmful effect.
    • All B.R. pallet vans have been withdrawn for modification; it has been found that the springing has suffered serious ill-effects from the activities of heavy fork-lift trucks inside the vehicles....1961 July, “News in Brief”, in Trains Illustrated, page 392

Questions about ill effects

What is ill effects the plural of?
Ill effects is the plural of ill effect.

Words near ill effects in the dictionary

  1. ill at ease
  2. ill behaved
  3. ill blood
  4. ill doers are ill deemers
  5. ill effect
  6. ill effects
  7. ill fame
  8. ill feeling
  9. ill feelings
  10. ill health
  11. ill humor

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